Meaning of "release" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RELEASE

From Old French relesser, from Latin relaxāre to slacken.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RELEASE

release  [rɪˈliːs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELEASE

Release is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb release in English.

WHAT DOES RELEASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Release

Release may refer to: ▪ Film release, the public distribution of a film ▪ Legal release, a legal instrument ▪ News release, a communication directed at the news media ▪ Release, a code to identify and debug events in ISUP signaling ▪ Release, the public distribution of a musical recording ▪ Release, the opening of the closure of a stop consonant ▪ Release, a bridge in thirty-two-bar form ▪ Release time, how quickly a note fades to silence when played on a synthesizer...

Definition of release in the English dictionary

The first definition of release in the dictionary is to free from captivity or imprisonment. Other definition of release is to free from obligation or duty. Release is also to free from ; let go or fall.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RELEASE

PRESENT

Present

I release

you release

he/she/it releases

we release

you release

they release

Present continuous

I am releasing

you are releasing

he/she/it is releasing

we are releasing

you are releasing

they are releasing

Present perfect

I have released

you have released

he/she/it has released

we have released

you have released

they have released

Present perfect continuous

I have been releasing

you have been releasing

he/she/it has been releasing

we have been releasing

you have been releasing

they have been releasing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I released

you released

he/she/it released

we released

you released

they released

Past continuous

I was releasing

you were releasing

he/she/it was releasing

we were releasing

you were releasing

they were releasing

Past perfect

I had released

you had released

he/she/it had released

we had released

you had released

they had released

Past perfect continuous

I had been releasing

you had been releasing

he/she/it had been releasing

we had been releasing

you had been releasing

they had been releasing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will release

you will release

he/she/it will release

we will release

you will release

they will release

Future continuous

I will be releasing

you will be releasing

he/she/it will be releasing

we will be releasing

you will be releasing

they will be releasing

Future perfect

I will have released

you will have released

he/she/it will have released

we will have released

you will have released

they will have released

Future perfect continuous

I will have been releasing

you will have been releasing

he/she/it will have been releasing

we will have been releasing

you will have been releasing

they will have been releasing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would release

you would release

he/she/it would release

we would release

you would release

they would release

Conditional continuous

I would be releasing

you would be releasing

he/she/it would be releasing

we would be releasing

you would be releasing

they would be releasing

Conditional perfect

I would have release

you would have release

he/she/it would have release

we would have release

you would have release

they would have release

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been releasing

you would have been releasing

he/she/it would have been releasing

we would have been releasing

you would have been releasing

they would have been releasing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you release
we let´s release
you release

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to release

Past participle

released

Present Participle

releasing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RELEASE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «release» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of release

absolution · absolve · acquit · acquittal · acquittance · album · announcement · book · break · bring out · cast out · circulate · deliver · deliverance · delivery · diffuse · diffusion · disc · discharge · disengage · dispel · dispensation · dispense · disperse · disseminate · dissipate · dissolve · distribute · drop · ejaculation · emanate · emanation · emancipate · emancipation · emission · excuse · exempt · exemption · exhalation · exonerate · exoneration · extricate · exudation · exude · film · free · freedom · give off · issuance · issue · launch · let go · let off · let out · liberate · liberation · liberty · loose · manumission · manumit · market · offering · present · proclamation · propagation · publication · publish · put out · radiate · radiation · record · relief · shedding · throw out · transmission · unbridle · unchain · undo · unfasten · unfetter · unloose · unshackle · untie · unveil · video

TRANSLATION OF RELEASE

Find out the translation of release to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of release from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «release» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 释放
• Translator English - Spanish: liberación
• English: release
• Translator English - Hindi: रिहाई
• Translator English - Arabic: إطْلاق
• Translator English - Russian: освобождение
• Translator English - Portuguese: libertação
• Translator English - Bengali: মুক্তি
• Translator English - French: libération
• Translator English - Malay: Pelepasan
• Translator English - German: Erlösung
• Translator English - Japanese: 解放
• Translator English - Korean: 해방
• Translator English - Javanese: Nerbitake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự phóng thích
• Translator English - Tamil: வெளியீடு
• Translator English - Marathi: सोडा
• Translator English - Turkish: serbest bırakmak
• Translator English - Italian: liberazione
• Translator English - Polish: wypuszczenie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: звільнення
• Translator English - Romanian: eliberare
• Translator English - Greek: απελευθέρωση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vrylating
• Translator English - Swedish: frigivning
• Translator English - Norwegian: løslatelse

10 QUOTES WITH «RELEASE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word release.

1

Afrojack

Holland is a really small country, but with a very strong club and festival scene. Dance music has been huge in Holland since the late eighties. So there were a lot of opportunities for producers and DJs to release records and play live.

2

Michael Badnarik

On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.

3

Lionel Barber

By using our international network, utilising templates and thinking ahead with pre-planned pages that contain carefully selected relevant news, we can deliver stories that other people just don't have. And that will release resources for the web.

4

Roberto Benigni

My previous movie before 'Life Is Beautiful' was the same; they didn't release it so much in United States.

5

Jason Blum

It's really hard to make an original movie of any kind that succeeds in the theatrical market place, in the wide release market place.

6

Bryan Brown

It costs a lot of money to release a movie. What you'd call art-house movies - movies that don't have big stars or big budgets - they're very hard for distributors to get behind 'em and take chances.

7

Jackson Browne

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.

8

Jimmy Carr

I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.

9

Jackie Chan

After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.

10

Emil Cioran

The capital phenomenon, the most catastrophic disaster, is uninterrupted sleeplessness, that nothingness without release.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELEASE»

Discover the use of release in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to release and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Enterprise Release Management: Agile Delivery of a Strategic ...

This unique book offers a fresh enterprise perspective that addresses strategic change and the release life cycle, providing executives and managers with the tools they need to chart and track the course of their business.

Louis J. Taborda, 2011

ANSYS Workbench Tutorial Release 14

The exercises in ANSYS Workbench Tutorial Release 14 introduce you to effective engineering problem solving through the use of this powerful modeling, simulation and optimization software suite.

Kent L. Lawrence, 2012

Release Me

When billionaire Damien Starck makes her an offer she cannot refuse, Nikki Fairchild discovers that this notorious bad boy has a hidden side, and as passion threatens to consume them, a secret from his past could tear them apart.

J. Kenner, 2013

ANSYS Tutorial: Release 14

The eight lessons in this book introduce the reader to effective finite element problem solving by demonstrating the use of the comprehensive ANSYS FEM Release 14 software in a series of step-by-step tutorials.

Kent L. Lawrence, 2012

Implementing ITIL Change and Release Management

Leading IBM® ITIL expert and author Larry Klosterboer shares solid expertise gained from real implementations across multiple industries.

Larry Klosterboer, 2008

Soft Tissue Release

Rather than focus on the specific purposes of soft tissue release, this text provides basic information about the therapy and prepares readers to perform the techniques.

Jane Johnson, 2009

SomatoEmotional Release: Deciphering the Language of Life

Developed by the author, SomatoEmotional Release is a technique for bringing psychotherapeutic elements into CranioSacral therapy.

John E. Upledger, 2002

Handbook of Pharmaceutical Controlled Release Technology

The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Controlled Release Technology reviews the design, fabrication, methodology, administration, and classifications of various drug delivery systems, including matrices, and membrane controlled reservoir, ...

Donald L. Wise, 2000

Beauty's Release: An Erotic Novel of Discipline, Love and ...

Kidnapped by enemy soldiers, Beauty, Tristan, and Prince Laurent are sent across the sea to become sexual slaves to the mysterious Sultan

A. N. Roquelaure, 1999

Freeing Emotions and Energy Through Myofascial Release

This important book will enable bodywork and manual therapy practitioners to work more confidently, and more intuitively, with their clients.

Noah Karrasch, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELEASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term release is used in the context of the following news items.

Jonathan Pollard on forthcoming release: 'I'm looking forward to …

Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard will be released from prison after serving 30 years of a life sentence on November 20, the US Parole Commission announced ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»

US Preparing to Release Convicted Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard …

The Obama administration is preparing to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard from prison, according to U.S. officials, some of whom hope the move ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

ArtsBeat | Keith Richards Releasing a Solo Album

Keith Richards, the seemingly invincible Rolling Stones guitarist, will release a solo album — his first in 23 years — on Sept. 18, he announced Thursday. «New York Times, Jul 15»

Netflix announces release dates for its first set of original movies

Sandler, Terry Crews, Rob Schneider, and Nick Nolte all star in the film, which will be beating the 70mm release of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight by a ... «The Verge, Jul 15»

Jesse Jackson Jr. Released from Halfway House in Baltimore

BALTIMORE — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been released from a halfway house in Baltimore, where he'd been living since his release from an ... «NBCNews.com, Jun 15»

Judge orders monthly release of Clinton emails

A federal judge has ordered the State Department to release emails from the private account of former secretary of State Hillary Clinton in batches every 30 days ... «USA TODAY, May 15»

Students release 72000 ladybugs at Md. school for senior prank

Students release 72,000 ladybugs at Md. school for senior prank ... The four suspects were released to the custody of their parents after being processed. «W*USA 9, May 15»

US court orders release of three anti-nuclear activists

A US federal appeals court has ordered the immediate release of three anti-nuclear activists, including an elderly Catholic nun, the group's lawyer says. Attorney ... «BBC News, May 15»

Retired US soldier criticizes Canada's release of Omar Khadr on bail

A retired American soldier has criticized a Canadian judge's decision to allow the release a former Guantanamo Bay inmate on bail, saying he's a dangerous ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»

Russia: Child 44 film release blocked over 'distortions'

Russia has blocked the release of the new film Child 44 because authorities say it "distorts" historical facts. The culture ministry says that the movie, which was ... «BBC News, Apr 15»